regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
feeling; sense; impression
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.); to be infatuated
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while